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TIL that due to name confusion, staff at Slovakia and Slovenia meet once a month to exchange wrongly addressed mail

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4kWJ TIL the world’s largest insect is so big, it can fit a carrot in its mouth.
epEZ4 TIL of a Lithopedion, a calcified stone foetus caused from a rare complication in abdominal pregnancy (which, in itself, is rare).
9YdvG TIL about the Antikythera mechanism, an Analogue Computer from 100 BC used to predict astronomical positions for calendars decades in advance.
4NG6 TIL one of the few actual quick-draw duels in the Old West occurred on July 21, 1865 between Wild Bill Hickok and Davis Tutt. Despite the popular perception of lawlessness in the Old West, Hickok was tried for manslaughter after winning the duel.
PYn5w TIL that beneath the city of Tokyo lies an ingenious water diversion system to minimize flooding in the city during typhoons. This world’s largest water channeling infrastructure can divert 200 tons of storm water per second into the Edo River.